SEC, CFTC Chiefs Say Crypto Turf Wars Over as Agencies Move Ahead on Joint Work

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission plan to hold a joint roundtable as a next step in their efforts to make the U.S. markets friendlier to financial firms, including crypto businesses.The heads of the agencies — SEC Chair Paul Atkins and Acting CFTC Chair Caroline Pham — announced a joint roundtable for later this month to discuss prediction markets, decentralized finance and 24/7 trading in traditional financial markets, among other issues. The agencies also published a joint statement outlining their push for “greater harmonization” between the two agencies.”It's time to leave turf aside and really collaborate,” Atkins said during a press call on Friday morning.During the previous administration, the two agencies were sometimes at odds…